3. INTRODUCTIONS
• Lev Pedro
Public Services Senior Officer, NCVO
• Nick Davies
Public Services Manager, NCVO
• Lauren Bernard
Technical support
4. • 20-minute presentation
• 20 minutes Q & A
• Type your questions into the Questions box at
the bottom of your webinar dashboard.
• Please complete the short follow-up survey.
ABOUT THE WEBINAR
5. By the end of the webinar you will:
• understand the shape, scale and role of the
voluntary sector in public services
• know how to mine data from the Civil Society
Almanac
• understand how this information can be used
to influence local commissioners
• know where to go for further information.
LEARNING OUTCOMES
6. Have you had a chance to
look at this year’s Civil
Society Almanac?
POLL TIME…
7. KEY THINGS WE HAVE IDENTIFIED FROM
ALMANAC
• Fairness of funding
• Commercial and entrepreneurial
7
9. 9
0.2
-0.3
-0.4
-0.3
0.1
0.0
-0.7
-0.1
2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13
Central Government
Local Government
INCOME FROM BOTH LOCAL AND CENTRAL
GOVERNMENT HAS FALLEN
Local and central government spending on the voluntary sector, change from previous year, 2009/10 to 2012/13 (£
billions, 2012/13 prices)
Source: NCVO, TSRC, Charity Commission
13. 13
CHANGES IN GOVERNMENT INCOME DEPEND ON
ORGANISATION SIZE
Government spending on the voluntary sector, cumulative change, 2008/09 to 2012/13 (2008/09 = 100)
Source: NCVO, TSRC, Charity Commission
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
110
120
2008/09 2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13
Minor + Small
Medium
Large
Major
16. Which is the only category of
individual income to grow
significantly since the
recession?
POLL TIME…
17. 17
THE INCREASE IN INCOME FROM INDIVIDUALS IS
ENTIRELY FROM FEES FOR SERVICES
Voluntary sector income from individuals, cumulative change, 2007/08 to 2012/13 (2007/08 = 100)
Source: NCVO, TSRC, Charity Commission
60.0
80.0
100.0
120.0
140.0
160.0
180.0
2007/08 2008/09 2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13
Donations
Legacies
Fees for services
Fundraising
18. 18
86% OF VOLUNTARY SECTOR SPENDING WAS ON
CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES AND GRANTS
Spending breakdown, 2012/13 (£ billions)
Source: NCVO, Charity Commission
29.1
4.9
4.6
0.7
Charitable activities
Cost of generating funds
Grants
Governance
19. BETTER CHARITIES HAVE LOWER OVERHEADS?
19
Average charity performance based on % of costs spent on administration
Source: GiveWell
21. OTHER DATA SOURCES
• ONS – Neighbourhood Statistics
• Public Health Outcomes Framework
• Joint Strategic Needs Assessment
• Health Profiles
• NHS England – Commissioning for Value
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The Almanac is the most comprehensive set of figures on the shape, size and activites of the voluntary sector. The stats are based on a sample of 10,000 returns to the Charity Commission. As such, the latest detailed figures are from the 2012/13 financial year.
The figures I show you today and much more can be found on the website. Most of the key content is free to access whether you are a member or not.
For those who haven’t done already, I’d recommend having a browse after this webinar.
The very different profiles of cuts to the VCS made by local and national govt.
Dark purple shows the steady and consistent cuts made by central govt. 0.3bn, 0.4bn and 0.3bn. By contrast, local govt gave no cut in 2010/11, before a huge 700m cut in 2011/12. Unsurprising given that this was the first year following the emergency budget and spending review. However, that was then followed by a nearly flat funding settlement.
Overall, central government has now fallen £1bn whilst local govt funding has fallen by £800m.
These figures suggest that local authorities front loaded their cuts to the sector. With some protection being given to voluntary sector funding in the last year figures are available for. Can be used to show your local authority that others are taking steps to protect voluntary sector funding and that they should do the same.
Micro organisations, those with an income below £10,000 per year make up almost half of all charities. Micro and small, those with an income below £100,000 make up over 80% of registered charities.
By contrast, organisations with an income over £1m, large and major, are only 3.2% of charities and those with an income over £10m account for less than half a percent.
Remember, over 80% of organisations have an income below 100,000
35%
25%
15%
5%
If you said 5% then you were right! Micro and small charities, those with an income below £100,000 receive only 5.3% of the sector’s income.
By contrast, only 0.4% of organisations have a turnover above £10,000,000 but they get almost half of all income. While only around 3% have an income over £1m but they receive almost 80% of income.
If you are a small organisation, you can use these figures to show that large organisations are securing a disproportionate amount of income. Helpful for making the argument that the commissioner should fund smaller groups
This graph shows that government income has very much depended on the size of the organisation. Major charities, those with an income over £10m, have done very well. Although their income is below the peak of 2010/11, they are still up in real terms on their position in 2008/09
By contrast, large, medium, small and minor charities have all seen their government income drop by 20% or more.
This can be used by voluntary sector organisations with an income below £10m to make the argument that they have been disproportionately affected by statutory funding cuts. Commissioners should prioritise these organisations when deciding future funding levels
This shows government income for the sector, contracts in purple and grants in green.
Grants are at 1/3 level of 10 years ago. In 2003/04 grants peaked at £6 billion, over half of all income from government. Since that time contracts have grown in importance as grants have fallen. In 2012/13 grants made up just 17% of income from government (£2.2 billion)
Contracts peeked at 12.3bn in 2010/11, now down to 11.1bn in 2012/13
According to a report from the Information Services Group, money spent on outsourced public services has nearly doubled from £64bn to £120bn. It seems that the slice received by the voluntary sector has shrunk despite the cake growing.
Voluntary sector organisations should use these figures to make the case for winning additional outsourced contracts. Many voluntary sector organisations have the skills to run public contracts. That the value of contracts won is decreasing even as the value of outsourced public services grows suggests that there are problems with procurement processes. For example, the move towards a smaller number of large contracts and a focus on price rather than quality favours large private sector providers
So, income from govt, both contract and grants, has fallen. Investment income is also down. That leaves income from individuals. Which do you think has been the only type of income from individuals that has grown significantly?
Donations
Legacies
Fees for services
fundraising
As we can see, the only category of income from individuals that has grown, and it has grown significantly, is fees for services.
So whether we are talking about raising funds from individuals or govt, there has been a big shift towards fees for services
The sector is not relying on hand outs, it is working for its income. Use this to make the case that we are trying to transition to a more sustainable footing.
There is also a warning here for commissioning authorities. Fees for services is the only voluntary sector category of income that has risen significantly since the recession. It has in fact largely covered the cuts to statutory funding. But this will be difficult to sustain for services for the most disadvantaged, who are least able to afford fees. If commissioners want these services to continue then they are going to have to pay for them
We often hear that they sector spends too much on overheads.
However, 86% of the sector’s spending was on charitable activities and grants.
74% of this was on charitable activities. This will obviously be higher for service delivery organisations which generally don’t give grants.
However, even if the sector did spend more on overheads, its far from clear that this would actually be bad thing.
Although the evidence is still limited, work by an GiveWell in the USA suggests that organisations which spend more on overheads have a better track record on impact and are more cost effective.